Goal: Pick a new "wonder" of the world so our class can make a list of our Seven Wonders of the World.
1. Research famous places in the world, natural and man-made. You can look up cool places online through websites like WikiTravel, Lonely Planet, or National Geographic. You can also use the website www.new7wonders.com.
2. Pick ONE special place that you think should be one of the “New 7 Wonders of the World”.
3. Make a (small) poster about that place. You can make it on the computer and print it.
4. Include this information:
a)a picture of the place you pick
b)the city, country, and continent where it is
c)how it was made
d)how old it is
e)why you think it is a wonder of the world
Also, for extra credit, you can vote for the new seven wonders of the world that you want. Go to new7wonders.com. Then, you need to click on "New7Wonders" then "New7Wonders of Nature" or "New7Wonders of the World". Then, click "Vote for the New7Wonders." You'll need to select them and then create an account. You can use this page in Spanish if you want to, and I'm sure your parents can help you. When you have picked the seven you want to vote for, email me a copy OR write down the seven you want and give the list to me.
If you have any questions, just send me an email or leave a comment.
Showing posts with label extra credit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label extra credit. Show all posts
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Answers to the Review
Do the review, then leave a comment on this post. When you leave a comment, you will see the answers to the review. The review is posted below this post. : )
I'll give you 1 point extra credit if you leave a comment.
I'll give you 1 point extra credit if you leave a comment.
Math Practice for the Final Exam
Students, my computer is dead. Please be patient with me the next two weeks, as I will have to share Warren's netbook with him. It's a very sad day. It took me a long time to post these math reviews because my computer stopped working while I was writing.
Sorry!
1. There are 167 students at LPV. Each teacher has 16 students in her class. How many teachers will have a group of 16 students? How many students will NOT be in a group of 16 students?
2. Andres needs to buy 450 forks for a party. Each package has 24 forks in it. How many packages should Andres buy?
3. Write a numerical expression to show this sentence: “Antonio bought 23 shirts for $3 each."
4. Write an ALGEBRAIC expression for this sentence: “Luis has 18 pairs of socks. He took his shoes off at school and destroyed 5 pairs of socks. Then his mom bought him more socks.”
5. Write an ALGEBRAIC expression for this sentence: “Manuela has eight times more earrings than necklaces.”
Matching.
Directions: Match each numerical expression to the correct property.
1. _________ 9 x 1 = 9 and 320 + 0 = 320
2. _________ 9 x 8 = 8 x 9
3. _________ (3 x 4) x 12 = 3 x (4 x 12)
4. _________ 1,875,457 x 0 = 0
a. zero property
b. commutative property
c. identity property
d. associative property
Directions: Solve the problem. Write an algebraic equation for each problem, and then solve the problem.
1. Juan is 3 times older than his brother, Jose. Juan is 12. How old is Jose?
2. Warren saved $20 to buy a new camera. In June, he made more money. Let “m” represent how much money he made. At the end of June, he had $128 . Write and solve an equation to find out how much money Warren made in June.
Write an equation, or “rule” for the function. Then complete the table.
X 2 4 6 8
Y 6 12 18 k
What is the rule? (Use x and y in an algebraic expression.)
What is K?
Solve:
Divide, and check with multiplication.
1. 444 ÷ 7
2. 3972 ÷ 22
3. 9950 ÷ 50
4. 424 ÷ 8
5. 861 ÷ 21
Estimate:
1. 489 ÷ 21
2. 1308 ÷ 62
Solve:
1. 7 x 2 + 1
2. 8 + 9 x 3
3. 7m-4 if m=8
4. 11 + (15 ÷ c) if c=3
Solve for the missing letter (variable):
1. x + 12 = 33
2. 4m = 56
3. 99 ÷ r = 9
Which of the numbers 10, 12, and 14 are solutions to each inequality?
1. x < 11
2. f + 3 < 15
3. a - 2 > 5
4. d + 8 < or = to 20
I will post the answers tonight.
For extra credit: Email the answer to this problem.
Melody has two types of candy. She has 26 pieces of candy. The product of each type is 153. What are the two numbers?
Sorry!
1. There are 167 students at LPV. Each teacher has 16 students in her class. How many teachers will have a group of 16 students? How many students will NOT be in a group of 16 students?
2. Andres needs to buy 450 forks for a party. Each package has 24 forks in it. How many packages should Andres buy?
3. Write a numerical expression to show this sentence: “Antonio bought 23 shirts for $3 each."
4. Write an ALGEBRAIC expression for this sentence: “Luis has 18 pairs of socks. He took his shoes off at school and destroyed 5 pairs of socks. Then his mom bought him more socks.”
5. Write an ALGEBRAIC expression for this sentence: “Manuela has eight times more earrings than necklaces.”
Matching.
Directions: Match each numerical expression to the correct property.
1. _________ 9 x 1 = 9 and 320 + 0 = 320
2. _________ 9 x 8 = 8 x 9
3. _________ (3 x 4) x 12 = 3 x (4 x 12)
4. _________ 1,875,457 x 0 = 0
a. zero property
b. commutative property
c. identity property
d. associative property
Directions: Solve the problem. Write an algebraic equation for each problem, and then solve the problem.
1. Juan is 3 times older than his brother, Jose. Juan is 12. How old is Jose?
2. Warren saved $20 to buy a new camera. In June, he made more money. Let “m” represent how much money he made. At the end of June, he had $128 . Write and solve an equation to find out how much money Warren made in June.
Write an equation, or “rule” for the function. Then complete the table.
X 2 4 6 8
Y 6 12 18 k
What is the rule? (Use x and y in an algebraic expression.)
What is K?
Solve:
Divide, and check with multiplication.
1. 444 ÷ 7
2. 3972 ÷ 22
3. 9950 ÷ 50
4. 424 ÷ 8
5. 861 ÷ 21
Estimate:
1. 489 ÷ 21
2. 1308 ÷ 62
Solve:
1. 7 x 2 + 1
2. 8 + 9 x 3
3. 7m-4 if m=8
4. 11 + (15 ÷ c) if c=3
Solve for the missing letter (variable):
1. x + 12 = 33
2. 4m = 56
3. 99 ÷ r = 9
Which of the numbers 10, 12, and 14 are solutions to each inequality?
1. x < 11
2. f + 3 < 15
3. a - 2 > 5
4. d + 8 < or = to 20
I will post the answers tonight.
For extra credit: Email the answer to this problem.
Melody has two types of candy. She has 26 pieces of candy. The product of each type is 153. What are the two numbers?
Monday, June 14, 2010
Science Study Guide Part 2/Extra Credit
I have posted a LOT of videos and pictures and information to help you with the science final. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE... read and study everything I have posted, and tell all your friends to do the same. It is very important everyone uses this blog because we haven't reviewed very much in class. We will review tomorrow morning, but not for very long because we need to review for math.
DO NOT FORGET: Your math final is Wednesday!! Also, there is an extra credit assignment in a different post. Please do it! It will help your grade!
Okay... on to science... this is the last review I will post.
PRACTICE TEST!
1. What is a moon?
2. Name two ways the Earth and the Moon are the same, and two ways they are different.
4. What happens when an asteroid or meteorite hits the moon?
5. What do we call the part of the moon we can't see?
6. Who was the first person to walk on the moon, and what year did that happen? (I posted a video of this earlier.)
7. Draw the phases of the moon.
8. When the moon is waxing, what is it doing?
10. When the moon is wanning, what is it doing?
11. When can we see the entire moon?
12. When can we not see the moon?
13. Draw a solar and lunar eclipse.
14. Draw the phases of the moon.
15. Draw a crater.
The second section is about the solar system and the universe. It is also multiple choice and drawing pictures You should study...
1. What is the universe made of?
2. Describe the life cycle of a star.
3. What star is closest to us, and how old is it?
4. What is the Milky Way?
5. There are four types of galaxies. Draw them and label each type.
6. What is a constellation? What are some famous constellations?
7. What is the difference between asteroids and comets?
8. Where is the asteroid belt?
9. Draw the planets in order.
10. Which planet is the biggest?
11. Which planet has rings around it?
12. Which planets are closest to Earth?
13. Which planet is the farthest away?
14. What is a dwarf planet? What is the name of a dwarf planet in our solar system?
15. What is gravity?
16. How does gravity create orbits?
17. Explain the space race. Who was competing?
`8. What country sent the first satellite into space?
19. What country landed men on the moon first?
20. Draw the structure of a star.
21. Draw the electromagnetic spectrum. Label it.
22. What is light? What is it like?
23. What is the definition of energy?
24. What is the definition of light radiation?
25. How long does it take light to reach the Earth from the sun?
26. Is a table opaque or translucent?
27. Is a window translucent or transparent?
28. What object in a bathroom would reflect light best?
29. What happens when light is refracted?
30. What color shirt absorbs the most light?
31. Draw a laser and tell me why it is different than the sun.
32. What kind of lens would you want if you wanted to make something look bigger?
Fill in the blank:
1. Darker colors ________________________________ more light than white.
2. We can use a _____________________________________ to see objects in the universe.
3. _____________________________________ is when light bends because it pases through a transparent object.
4. An ________________________________ occurs when one object in the sky blocks another object.
5. A ____________________________________ is an object that we send in to space to gather information.
6. A ______________________________ is a group of stars that are from the same nebula.
7. ____________________________ is the power something has to change things in the universe.
8. A ________________________________ can be formed when a star collapses. It is a place where there is dark matter. It has very strong gravity and absorbs the things around it.
9. Pluto used to be the ninth planet, but now it is a ______________________________ planet.
10. The _________________________________________________________________ is the various types of visible light that we can see.
11. A large solid object that travels around a star is a ___________________________.
12. The path of an object around another bigger object is an _________________________.
13. An object that rotates around a planet is a _______________________________.
14. The force that holds the solar system in place is _________________________.
15. The layer of gases around a planet or moon is called the ____________________.
16. A ________________________ produces light and is born in a nebula.
Answers posted at 7 p.m. tonight!
DO NOT FORGET: Your math final is Wednesday!! Also, there is an extra credit assignment in a different post. Please do it! It will help your grade!
Okay... on to science... this is the last review I will post.
PRACTICE TEST!
1. What is a moon?
2. Name two ways the Earth and the Moon are the same, and two ways they are different.
4. What happens when an asteroid or meteorite hits the moon?
5. What do we call the part of the moon we can't see?
6. Who was the first person to walk on the moon, and what year did that happen? (I posted a video of this earlier.)
7. Draw the phases of the moon.
8. When the moon is waxing, what is it doing?
10. When the moon is wanning, what is it doing?
11. When can we see the entire moon?
12. When can we not see the moon?
13. Draw a solar and lunar eclipse.
14. Draw the phases of the moon.
15. Draw a crater.
The second section is about the solar system and the universe. It is also multiple choice and drawing pictures You should study...
1. What is the universe made of?
2. Describe the life cycle of a star.
3. What star is closest to us, and how old is it?
4. What is the Milky Way?
5. There are four types of galaxies. Draw them and label each type.
6. What is a constellation? What are some famous constellations?
7. What is the difference between asteroids and comets?
8. Where is the asteroid belt?
9. Draw the planets in order.
10. Which planet is the biggest?
11. Which planet has rings around it?
12. Which planets are closest to Earth?
13. Which planet is the farthest away?
14. What is a dwarf planet? What is the name of a dwarf planet in our solar system?
15. What is gravity?
16. How does gravity create orbits?
17. Explain the space race. Who was competing?
`8. What country sent the first satellite into space?
19. What country landed men on the moon first?
20. Draw the structure of a star.
21. Draw the electromagnetic spectrum. Label it.
22. What is light? What is it like?
23. What is the definition of energy?
24. What is the definition of light radiation?
25. How long does it take light to reach the Earth from the sun?
26. Is a table opaque or translucent?
27. Is a window translucent or transparent?
28. What object in a bathroom would reflect light best?
29. What happens when light is refracted?
30. What color shirt absorbs the most light?
31. Draw a laser and tell me why it is different than the sun.
32. What kind of lens would you want if you wanted to make something look bigger?
Fill in the blank:
1. Darker colors ________________________________ more light than white.
2. We can use a _____________________________________ to see objects in the universe.
3. _____________________________________ is when light bends because it pases through a transparent object.
4. An ________________________________ occurs when one object in the sky blocks another object.
5. A ____________________________________ is an object that we send in to space to gather information.
6. A ______________________________ is a group of stars that are from the same nebula.
7. ____________________________ is the power something has to change things in the universe.
8. A ________________________________ can be formed when a star collapses. It is a place where there is dark matter. It has very strong gravity and absorbs the things around it.
9. Pluto used to be the ninth planet, but now it is a ______________________________ planet.
10. The _________________________________________________________________ is the various types of visible light that we can see.
11. A large solid object that travels around a star is a ___________________________.
12. The path of an object around another bigger object is an _________________________.
13. An object that rotates around a planet is a _______________________________.
14. The force that holds the solar system in place is _________________________.
15. The layer of gases around a planet or moon is called the ____________________.
16. A ________________________ produces light and is born in a nebula.
Answers posted at 7 p.m. tonight!
Concave and Convex Lenses
Okay, this is about lenses.
This is a convex lens. It is thicker in the middle, and it makes light waves come together. This makes things look smaller.
This is a concave lens. It is thinner in the middle, and it makes light waves separate. This makes things look bigger.
Don't forget to do the Extra Credit located in an earlier post! You'll need to use spoons!!!
This is a convex lens. It is thicker in the middle, and it makes light waves come together. This makes things look smaller.
This is a concave lens. It is thinner in the middle, and it makes light waves separate. This makes things look bigger.
Don't forget to do the Extra Credit located in an earlier post! You'll need to use spoons!!!
Sunday, June 13, 2010
The Electromagnetic Spectrum AND Extra Credit!
This website is a great place to learn more about space: http://www.youtube.com/user/SpitzerJim.
Here's a video about infrared light and the electromagnetic spectrum...
Here's another video about the electromagnetic spectrum...
This video is weird and the story isn't cool, but it might help you remember the order of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Science experiment for extra credit...
1. Go get a spoon.
2. Look at yourself on both sides of the spoon (reflection).
3. Which side of the spoon is concave? Which side of the spoon is convex?
4. What happens when you look at yourself in a concave "mirror"? What happens when you look at yourself in a convex "mirror"?
5. Email me your answer. 10 points of extra credit on your science exam!
Here's a video about infrared light and the electromagnetic spectrum...
Here's another video about the electromagnetic spectrum...
This video is weird and the story isn't cool, but it might help you remember the order of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Science experiment for extra credit...
1. Go get a spoon.
2. Look at yourself on both sides of the spoon (reflection).
3. Which side of the spoon is concave? Which side of the spoon is convex?
4. What happens when you look at yourself in a concave "mirror"? What happens when you look at yourself in a convex "mirror"?
5. Email me your answer. 10 points of extra credit on your science exam!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
L.A. Final: Spelling Words Fill-in-the-Blank Answers
Fill in the blank (practice):
1. My friends like to play with their Nintendo DS's.
2. If the sun is hidden behind the moon it is called an eclipse.
3. The largest planet in the solar system is Jupiter.
4. Pluto is a dwarf planet.
5. When asteroids hit the moon they leave craters.
6. When I write a letter, I sign it "Sincerely, Melody."
7. The Department of Transportation builds roads in Colombia.
8. My friends are going to Missouri this summer; I hope I can go there someday, too.
9. It is our job to protect people from persecution.
10. If a person doesn't have parents she is an orphan.
11. A student who does his homework quickly and gets all the answers correct is efficient.
12. When I write stories I use my imagination.
13. A group of stars that makes a picture is a constellation.
14. Melody and Warren were adventurous when they went to Ecuador because they went bike riding down a volcano!
15. Fruits and vegetables are nutritious and that is why Miss Melody wants us to eat them at lunch.
16. We use the Hubble Telescope to take pictures of the universe.
17. Miss Melody likes to exercise at a gym in Circunvalar.
18. My friends like to dance, but I think they're crazy.
19. The place where the sky meets the ground is the horizon.
20. I want to learn English because it is good to speak a different
language.
For extra credit: Write a story using 5 spelling words that were not used in the fill-in-the-blank. Email it to me or post it as a comment. I will give you TEN bonus points on your language arts final!
1. My friends like to play with their Nintendo DS's.
2. If the sun is hidden behind the moon it is called an eclipse.
3. The largest planet in the solar system is Jupiter.
4. Pluto is a dwarf planet.
5. When asteroids hit the moon they leave craters.
6. When I write a letter, I sign it "Sincerely, Melody."
7. The Department of Transportation builds roads in Colombia.
8. My friends are going to Missouri this summer; I hope I can go there someday, too.
9. It is our job to protect people from persecution.
10. If a person doesn't have parents she is an orphan.
11. A student who does his homework quickly and gets all the answers correct is efficient.
12. When I write stories I use my imagination.
13. A group of stars that makes a picture is a constellation.
14. Melody and Warren were adventurous when they went to Ecuador because they went bike riding down a volcano!
15. Fruits and vegetables are nutritious and that is why Miss Melody wants us to eat them at lunch.
16. We use the Hubble Telescope to take pictures of the universe.
17. Miss Melody likes to exercise at a gym in Circunvalar.
18. My friends like to dance, but I think they're crazy.
19. The place where the sky meets the ground is the horizon.
20. I want to learn English because it is good to speak a different
language.
For extra credit: Write a story using 5 spelling words that were not used in the fill-in-the-blank. Email it to me or post it as a comment. I will give you TEN bonus points on your language arts final!
Monday, June 7, 2010
Science Quiz and Math Quiz Tomorrow!
Hi Class! Don't forget, you have a science quiz and a math quiz tomorrow. You also have an oral interview exam. For homework this weekend, you had math problems AND you also need to read at LEAST 4 stories on RazKids for your reading plan! Don't forget! Your reading comprehension exam is on Wednesday, so if you read lots of stories on RazKids it will help you study!
For your science quiz, make sure you know these things:
1. The definition of light.
2. Make sure you can draw the electromagnetic spectrum.
3. You should know about the different kinds of waves... radio waves, microwaves, infrared waves, visible light, UV-rays, and x-rays. Make sure you know that radio waves are the biggest and x-rays are the smallest! (Which means that x-rays have MORE energy than radio waves!!)
4. You also need to know properties of light *like, we can feel it, it travels really fast, stuff like that.)
5. You need to know the differences between a laser and a regular light bulb.
6. You need to know the differences between opaque, translucent, and transparent. You also need to know what refraction and reflection are.
7. You need to be able to draw a picture of a concave lens and a convex lens.
For your math quiz, you need to be able to do these problems:
1. Write a numerical expression for this problem: "Mr. Carson divides 28 chairs into 4 equal rows."
2. Write an algebraic expression for this problem: "At a bus stop, 8 of the 33 people on the buss got off the bus and OTHER people got on."
3. Solve: 45 - 7 + 5
4. Solve: (6+3) x 3
5. Solve: 4 + n x 8 (if n=5)
6. Solve: 8 + 2t (if t = 9)
7. Solve to find n: 5 x (8 + 3) = (5 x 8) + (5 x n)
8. Solve to find f: f - 8 = 17
9. Solve to find p: 5 + p = 16
10. Look at Sets G and H on page 121 in your math book. I might put a problem from Set G on the quiz!
*Hint: I am going to put up the answers to these problems at 7 p.m. tonight!
For your Oral Interview, you will need to answer questions LIKE these...
1. Describe your favorite food.
2. Tell me about your favorite television show.
3. What is something you would like to change in 5th grade? Explain.
4. What is something you learned about in science this term? How could you use that information in the future?
5. Compare Bogota and Medellin. Which city is better? Why? (Or Cali and Pereira...)
6. Imagine you won one a free trip to anywhere in the world. Where would you go?
7. Your family wants to buy a new car. What kind of car should they buy? Why would that be a good choice?
8. Is it better to have a lot of money, but have to work all the time, or is it better to be poor but to have lots of time to spend with your family? Why?
FOR EXTRA CREDIT: If you leave a comment on this post (click on the part where it says "Questions? Comments?"), I will give you 5 points of extra credit on your science quiz tomorrow!
For your science quiz, make sure you know these things:
1. The definition of light.
2. Make sure you can draw the electromagnetic spectrum.
3. You should know about the different kinds of waves... radio waves, microwaves, infrared waves, visible light, UV-rays, and x-rays. Make sure you know that radio waves are the biggest and x-rays are the smallest! (Which means that x-rays have MORE energy than radio waves!!)
4. You also need to know properties of light *like, we can feel it, it travels really fast, stuff like that.)
5. You need to know the differences between a laser and a regular light bulb.
6. You need to know the differences between opaque, translucent, and transparent. You also need to know what refraction and reflection are.
7. You need to be able to draw a picture of a concave lens and a convex lens.
For your math quiz, you need to be able to do these problems:
1. Write a numerical expression for this problem: "Mr. Carson divides 28 chairs into 4 equal rows."
2. Write an algebraic expression for this problem: "At a bus stop, 8 of the 33 people on the buss got off the bus and OTHER people got on."
3. Solve: 45 - 7 + 5
4. Solve: (6+3) x 3
5. Solve: 4 + n x 8 (if n=5)
6. Solve: 8 + 2t (if t = 9)
7. Solve to find n: 5 x (8 + 3) = (5 x 8) + (5 x n)
8. Solve to find f: f - 8 = 17
9. Solve to find p: 5 + p = 16
10. Look at Sets G and H on page 121 in your math book. I might put a problem from Set G on the quiz!
*Hint: I am going to put up the answers to these problems at 7 p.m. tonight!
For your Oral Interview, you will need to answer questions LIKE these...
1. Describe your favorite food.
2. Tell me about your favorite television show.
3. What is something you would like to change in 5th grade? Explain.
4. What is something you learned about in science this term? How could you use that information in the future?
5. Compare Bogota and Medellin. Which city is better? Why? (Or Cali and Pereira...)
6. Imagine you won one a free trip to anywhere in the world. Where would you go?
7. Your family wants to buy a new car. What kind of car should they buy? Why would that be a good choice?
8. Is it better to have a lot of money, but have to work all the time, or is it better to be poor but to have lots of time to spend with your family? Why?
FOR EXTRA CREDIT: If you leave a comment on this post (click on the part where it says "Questions? Comments?"), I will give you 5 points of extra credit on your science quiz tomorrow!
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Welcome & Bienvenidos
Dear 5th grade students,
Hello! Hola! Okay, my muchachos, I have made a website called a blog for our class. I am going to post what we do in class on this website. I am also going to write your homework on here (so if you forget to write it in your communication notebook, you can check it on this website). Also, I will post study guides and advice (called tips) on here to help you study for quizzes, tests, and exams. Sometimes I will post the answers to your homework.
You need to check this website every day. If you miss school because you are sick or traveling, you can find out what we did in class here.
Also, if you have a question about your homework or something we learn in class, you can leave a comment and I will answer you. To leave a comment, click on "comment" under the post. Just write your question or idea there. I will check it and write back. You can also email me from this site.
So, are you excited? This should make everything easier! If you want to, you can go to this website, www.spanishdict.com, and paste what I write into the translator.
Tomorrow I am going to post an extra credit activity on the website, so make sure you check the website tomorrow!
I hope you are having a great weekend!
Miss Melody
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